Spring of Culture

Excitement is growing this week as organisers revealed more details about acts scheduled to appear during the coming 2016 Spring of Culture.

‘Kan Ya Ma Kan’, by the Caracalla Dance Theatre, will bring a star cast of 75 artists that will blend dance and music from the Orient. They will perform at the Bahrain National Theatre on February 25 at 8pm.

Violinist Mika Nishimura will perform at the Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Centre for Culture and Research on February 29 from 8pm.

Halit Ergenç, an opera singer from Turkey, will perform at the same venue and time on March 3.

Dutch street theatre performer The Yelling Kitchen Prince will perform on March 3 at 4pm and 7pm at the Nakheel Centre in Saar, on March 4 at 5pm and 8pm in Prince Khalifa bin Salman Park in Hidd, and on March 5 at 11am and 5pm at Bahrain Fort.

Gregory Porter, an American awarding winning jazz, soul and blues singer and songwriter who recently claimed his second International Jazz Artist of the Year gong, will perform at 8.30pm at Arad Fort on March 5.

Portuguese Fado singer Liana will perform at La Fontaine Centre for Contemporary Art on March 5 at 8pm.

Respected Arab singer Kadim Al Sahir will perform at Arad Fort on March 9 at 8.30pm.

‘Kaash - Akram Khan’ brings a five-strong cast of international performers to Arad Fort to build bridges between the worlds of contemporary dance and the Indian classical dance form ‘Kathak’ on March 11, also at 8.30pm.

Image Theatre’s The Best of Image will take place at the Cultural Hall on March 11 and 12 from 5pm.

Italian theatre company L’Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio will present a production of Carmen Secondo at 8.30pm on March 17 at Arad Fort.

The Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales will be performed at the Alumni Club on March 18 and 19 at 10.30am and 4am.

Arab Poetry Day will be celebrated at the Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Centre for Culture and Research on March 21 at 6.30pm.

Grammy-award winning artist Seal, pictured above, who has sold 30 million records worldwide, will perform on March 24 from 8.30pm at Arad Fort. He is known for hits including Kiss From a Rose, Crazy and Killer.

The 17th Bahrain International Book Fair will be held from March 24 to April 3 at the Bahrain National Museum.

Hotel Paradiso will be performed at the Cultural Hall on March 27 and 28 from 8pm.

Acclaimed Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela will host an acoustic performance at Arad Fort on March 31 at 8.30pm.

British circus theatre company Pirates of the Carabina will stage its Flown show, featuring acrobats, aerialists, stunts and musicians at Arad Fort from April 7-9, with shows starting at 7.30pm.

Tickets are on sale for all events at the Spring of Culture stand at City Centre Bahrain. They are also available online at www.springofculture.org